Users do not care about what is inside the box, as long as the box does what they need done.Jef RaskinFunctionalityPragmatism Share this
Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.William MorrisAestheticsFunctionalityMinimalism Share this
We should learn from the snail: it has devised a home that is both exquisite and functional.Frank Lloyd WrightAdaptationFunctionalityLearning Share this
If the tonal collapses completely, then you’re crazy functionally, you’re psychotic.Frederick LenzFunctionality Share this
Any shoe which protects your feet in a hard road is a beautiful shoe!Mehmet Murat IldanBeautyFunctionalityProtection Share this
There is great satisfaction in a well-made clean tool that does its work well.Liberty Hyde BaileyFunctionalitySatisfaction Share this
When designing a kitchen, always keep in mind the social aspect.Michael MinaAestheticsFunctionalityInteraction Share this
I don’t care what anything was designed to do, I care about what it can do.Gene KranzCapabilityFunctionalityInnovation Share this
Why have a locked wiki when you can instead just post static Web pages?Ward CunninghamAccessibilityCollaborationFunctionality Share this
A chair is to have no backside. It should be beautiful from all sides and angles.Hans WegnerBeautyDesignFunctionality Share this
The function of good software is to make the complex appear to be simple.Grady BoochComplexityFunctionalitySimplicity Share this
I wouldn’t be against them (large wind turbines) if they actually worked.James LovelockEnergyFunctionalitySkepticism Share this
Forget the floor plans. Arrange the furniture where it is the most comfortable and will look best.Albert HadleyAestheticsComfortFunctionality Share this
The costume of women should be suited to her wants and needs.Amelia BloomerEmpowermentFashionFunctionality Share this
The system doesn’t have to be pure, but it does have to work.Aminu KanoEfficiencyFunctionalityPragmatism Share this
Define what the product will do before you design how the product will do it.Alan CooperDesignFunctionalityPlanning Share this
The average user doesn’t give a damn what happens, as long as (1) it works and (2) it’s fast.Daniel J. BernsteinEfficiencyFunctionality Share this
When you buy a jacket, it’s important the pockets are big enough for a paperback!Daniel PennacComfortFunctionalitySize Share this
What’s normal is for things to work. What’s not normal is for things to fail.Daniel QuinnFailureFunctionalityNormalcy Share this
Thirty spokes are joined in the wheel’s hub. The hole in the middle makes it useful.LaoziFunctionalityInterdependenceUnity Share this
How people talk to each other absolutely determines how well the organization will function.Lawrence BossidyCommunicationFunctionalityOrganization Share this
There is beauty when something works and it works intuitively.Jonathan IveBeautyFunctionalityIntuition Share this
Normal muscles should function naturally in much the same manner as do the muscles of animals.Joseph PilatesComparisonFunctionalityNatural Share this
Freedom of the press is to the machinery of the state what the safety valve is to the steam engine.Arthur SchopenhauerControlFunctionalityTransparency Share this
To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want. Charlie Munger Achievement Deserving Success
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Jean Cocteau Deception Perception Reality
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Jean Cocteau Identity Individuality Rebellion
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Charlie Munger Worry
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Charlie Munger Criticism Past Stupidity